> Still wondering if its legal or not
I'm not sure. I did a web search for server emulators to find out about this stuff. I would assume the people that did this did not have access to the actual source code, so it's not copyright. It could be a EULA issue, but I don't remember what was in the EULA for Need For Speed World, and I've read that how EULA's are treated depends on what country or state or ??? that you live in. After further reading about this, although it seems unlikely, if the people that actually made the offline server never signed up for Need For Speed World, but instead somehow figured out how to make the offline server, maybe while other players played the game, then the EULA wouldn't apply to the people that made the offline server. The EULA would only apply to players that actually signed up and played Need For Speed World (back when it was online).
After Need For Speed World shutdown was announced, I read that somehow players were able to download their account information, and I don't know how this was done, but since I read about this and the offline server at several forums, then quite a few players are probably using the offline server.
I stopped playing Need For Speed World when the shutdown was announced, and I never bought any other Need For Speed game after that, and I never tried the offline server, so I can't speak from personal experience.
